Subject Mines and Minerals | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| WV | HB2352 | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that a mine operator's obligations under the West Virginia Water Pollution Control Act do not pass to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection at bond forfeiture sites where the West Virginia Dep... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 Chapter 129, Acts, 2013 |
| WV | SB462 | The purpose of this bill is to extend from three weeks to a reasonable time after the close of the public comment period the time in which the Department of Environmental Protection must hold an informal conference on a surface-mining permit applicat... [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 Chapter 130, Acts, Regular Session, 2013 |
| WV | HB3043 | The purpose of this bill is to define eligible safety property as including methane monitoring equipment. [Detail][Text] | 2013-05-15 Chapter 189, Acts, 2013 |
| WV | HB2954 | The purpose of this bill is to require that members of the Mine Safety Technology Task Force are paid the same compensation as members of the Legislature are paid for each day or portion thereof engaged in the discharge of their interim duties. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-10 On 2nd reading to Finance |
| WV | HB3072 | The purpose of this bill is to provide a tax credit to coal producers who sell coal to taxpayers who increase their consumption of West Virginia coal in this state for the purpose of increasing coal production and coal related employment in West Virg... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-10 On 2nd reading to Finance |
| WV | SB488 | The purpose of this bill is to provide for protection against property crimes committed against coal mines and other industrial facilities. The bill makes legislative findings. The bill defines terms. The bill provides for additional criminal penalti... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-01 |
| WV | SB563 | The purpose of this bill is to exclude platinum, gold, silver and palladium from the definition of "scrap metal" as it relates to purchases of scrap metal by scrap metal dealers. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-01 |
| WV | HB3068 | The purpose of this bill is to expand the property appraisal provisions of this article to include qualified capital additions to coal production facilities. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-29 |
| WV | SB627 | Requiring certain post-mining land use reclamation utilize Clements State Tree Nursery [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-27 |
| WV | HB3071 | The purpose of this bill is to establish an administrative and civil enforcement process for coal mining-related National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)permit holders that conforms with corresponding federal requirements. This sectio... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 |
| WV | HB2597 | Creating the Intrastate Coal and Use Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 |
| WV | SB595 | Permitting surface owners to purchase delinquent mineral interests [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 |
| WV | HB3034 | Requiring underground mines fire boss examinations include examining the air quantity [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 |
| WV | HB2947 | Permitting surface owners to purchase the mineral interests that lay below the property in certain circumstances [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| WV | HB2907 | The purpose of this bill is to provide for protection against property crimes committed against coal mines and other industrial facilities. The bill makes legislative findings. The bill defines terms. The bill provides for additional criminal penalti... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 |
| WV | SB472 | The purpose of this bill is to protect state waters by creating an implementation plan to establish state specific selenium criteria. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 |
| WV | HB2862 | The purpose of this bill is to extend from three weeks to a reasonable time after the close of the public comment period the time in which the Department of Environmental Protection must hold an informal conference on a surface-mining permit applicat... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 |
| WV | HB2826 | The purpose of this bill is to terminate the states jurisdiction over reclaimed bond-forfeited surface mining operations if the land reclamation was completed prior to January 15, 2002 and the site met the effluent limitations set forth in 40 C.F.R. ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 |
| WV | SB424 | The purpose of this bill is to terminate the state's jurisdiction over reclaimed bond-forfeited surface mining operations if the land reclamation was completed prior to January 15, 2002 and the site met the effluent limitations set forth in 40 C.F.R.... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-04 |
| WV | HB2535 | The purpose of this bill is to create the Intrastate Coal and Use Act establishing that the environmental regulation of coal. The bill also creates the Intrastate Oil and Natural Gas and Use Act establishing that the environmental regulation of oil ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-19 |
| WV | SB119 | The purpose if the bill is to grant a surface owner the right to purchase a mineral estate in the event the mineral estate is sold. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | SB95 | The purpose of this bill is to provide a business and occupation tax credit to electric power generators for the use of each ton of coal mined in West Virginia by small mining operations. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | SB56 | The purpose of this bill is to create the Intrastate Coal and Use Act. The bill establishes that the environmental regulation of coal and certain coal products mined and used within the state are exclusively regulated by the West Virginia Department ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2429 | The purpose of this bill is to expand the number of mine employees who may be tested for drug or alcohol abuse by requiring all mine operators to create drug-free workplace programs applicable to safety-sensitive employees on mine property. Safety se... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2419 | The purpose of this bill is to require dual liners in all new surface impoundments and to require regulations relating to the planning, constructing and maintenance of the liners, including that no impoundment may be situated closer than three miles ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2313 | Permitting surface owners to purchase the mineral interests that lay below the property when the mineral interest becomes subject to a tax lien [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2286 | Allowing the Division of Energy to develop an energy related public relations campaign focused on educating the Washington, D.C. area and the federal government about West Virginia coal [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2264 | Disclosing to surface owners the impact the mineral extraction will have on the surface owner [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2263 | Permitting surface owners to receive a two percent royalty for minerals extracted [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2222 | Relating to determining the appropriate penalty to impose against operators who fail to provide immediate notice upon the occurrence of a mining accident [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2214 | Intrastate Coal and Use Act [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2208 | Prohibiting underground injection of coal slurry in new permits or modifications and renewals [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2183 | Requiring all final actions by the Department of Environmental Protection regarding coal mine permits to be completed within six months [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2144 | Requiring reclaimed strip mines to be populated by plants that are beneficial to the local bee population [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2143 | Requiring liners in all new surface coal-waste impoundments and requiring regulations relating to the planning, constructing and maintenance of the liners [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2138 | Permitting mineral owners and producers to negotiate a new lease under certain conditions [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2114 | Relating to revocation of current and future horizontal well permits [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2073 | Requiring that permanent and temporary battery charging stations in mines be ventilated directly to the return on a separate split of air [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2055 | Increasing the amount of mine subsidence insurance reinsured by the board of risk management [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2045 | Authorizing the Governor to appoint an additional member to the Surface Mine Board that represents the interest of labor [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2021 | Requiring the Mine Foreman Examiner review the employment history and certify that the applicant for the position of underground assistant mine foreman has met the requirements [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
| WV | HB2015 | Eliminating the ad valorem tax for barren coal properties [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-13 |
